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In reply to the discussion: Let's talk about AOC. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and she's never said anything to suggest she deeply regrets it, has grown in commitment to democracy, and would never do it again, even if she thought it would work. She's 31 now and has had 2 years in national government; door's pretty much closed on the hope that she's just an exceedingly late developer.
That's #1, and more than enough in itself. Not even personal, just a basic, across-the-board disqualification. No more acceptable to me to benefit a candidate I support than one I don't.
But also more than enough all by themselves are are both that she doesn't seem to see or understand what I'm most proud of in my political being and that she constantly misrepresents and even lies about who I am and what I support. Would you respect her if you were me? (And aren't you?)
In any case, it all suggests to me that there's something basically wrong with her understanding and that she does not share my critical core democratic principles.
Sure there are things in her package, various statements and actions, that I have shared and respected, but to me her flaws far, far, FAR outweigh them. I'd enjoy having her as a neighbor, and really like her, but I absolutely cannot excuse what I see as enormous disqualifications for anyone who seeks power.
Oh, btw, she has no hard times in her background, solidly and then upper middle class from the time she was old enough to be aware that her clothes were as nice as her girlfriends'. Something easy you can check out.